В ресторане подают густой суп.

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Breakdown of В ресторане подают густой суп.

• ресторан: the restaurant
• суп: the soup
• подавать: to serve

Questions & Answers about В ресторане подают густой суп.

Why is there no article equivalent to a or the in this Russian sentence?

Russian does not have articles like English a or the. Definiteness or indefiniteness is inferred from context, word order, or additional words (e.g., этот for “this”).

Why is ресторан in the prepositional case (ресторане) after the preposition в?

When в expresses location (“in”), it requires the prepositional case. Ресторан becomes ресторан-е to show “inside the restaurant.” (If you wanted “into the restaurant,” you’d use в + accusative: в ресторан.)

Why is суп unchanged, even though it’s the object of the verb? Shouldn’t it change to супа?

Суп is a masculine, inanimate noun. The accusative singular of inanimate masculine nouns is identical to the nominative singular—so суп stays the same. (Animate masculine nouns would get an -а ending.)

Why does the adjective густой end with -ой here?

Adjectives in Russian agree with their noun in gender, number, and case. Суп is masculine, singular, and here in the accusative (which equals the nominative for inanimates), so густой takes the masculine-singular ending -ой.